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You illustrate my point quite nicely there, the UK ban on carrying knifes didn't stop the 26,370 knife crime offences in 2014/15, and a ban in the US on guns will not stop criminals using them.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: grainofsand
"Do we ban kitchen knives then?"
We already have banned carrying knives without sufficient cause, kitchen or otherwise. And getting caught with one will get you a possible 6 month sentence, even for a first offence.
Agreed.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: grainofsand
To be honest thought to most of our beloved knife welding neds 6 months for being caught with a knife is simply a badge of honor considering they will only do 3 months and then come out and brag to there friends about it.
Look at the amount of people that meet there end at the hands of guns each year in America. There is obviously a problem with no apparent solution.
More Americans die due to gun deaths than they do traffic fatalities, there has to be something very wrong there.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: grainofsand
Are you not still required to keep the weapon at a shooting club if you do reside in the countryside? And if you do possess such a weapon in your own home are you not also required to keep the thing in a secure cabinet with ammunition stored separately?
Look at the amount of people that meet there end at the hands of guns each year in America. There is obviously a problem with no apparent solution. More Americans die due to gun deaths than they do traffic fatalities, there has to be something very wrong there.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: Reallyfolks
This articular seems to suggest just that, ether way its a hell of a lot of people that die at the hands of firearms.
www.bloomberg.com...
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: Reallyfolks
Well the US did manage to ban alcohol for a time. Not really that far a stretch to do the same with guns. Probably not all the same given the fact that it was a different world and a different time.
originally posted by: IShotMyLastMuse
America does not have a gun problem.
Also, take the child away, the people he is with are clearly not fit to be parents.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: Reallyfolks
They still made it illegal through.
Reality? The reality is that the US has the highest rate of gun related deaths per capita among all the developed nations.
Thats the reality of the situation in a supposed first world nation.